Poor lady didnt deserve to die like this
Holocaust survivor, 91, dies in Mariupol basement
A Holocaust survivor has died while sheltering from Russian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol, the Jewish internet site Chabad.org reports.
Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova, 91, and her family moved into a basement when Russian forces began their bombardment of the southern port city - which continues to face the brunt of Russian aggression.
She died on 4 April after spending weeks without water or heating.
Her grieving daughter Larissa said her mother spent the last two weeks of her life freezing and unable to stand up.
She told Chabad.org: "Mama didn't deserve such a death."
Larissa went on to describe how she spent all her time caring for her mother but "there was nothing we could do for her", adding the family were "living like animals."
"There was no water, no electricity, no heat—and it was unbearably cold," she said.
Ms Obiedkova, who was born in Mariupol on 8 December, was just ten-years-old when the Nazis entered the city in 1941.
When SS troops came to Ms Obiedkova's home and captured her mother, she was able to escape by hiding in a basement.
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